Summary The Standard Conditions of Sale (4th edition), applicable to residential conveyancing, did not at clause 1.5 operate to exclude subsales Facts The claimant purchaser (P) claimed for the return of a deposit paid on exchange of contracts for the purchase of a leasehold residential property from the defendant vendor (N)....

Summary A guarantor of obligations under a swap agreement securing the issue of floating notes was entitled to the reimbursement it claimed following the termination of the swap agreements. Where it was clear from consideration of all the relevant documents that a mistake had been made in the definition of ...

Summary A notice to terminate an underlease was invalid because it had been given by the parent company of the tenant and there was no evidence that the parent company had authority to act as agent on behalf of the tenant. Facts The claimant landlord (L) claimed for a declaration...

Summary The court refused to exercise its discretion to rescind winding-up orders made against two companies where the circumstances were not significantly different from those at the time the orders were made, and the court was not satisfied that it had been provided with all the material facts. Facts The...

Summary It was not appropriate to grant an interim injunction preventing a company from using various chattels of a hotel where the hotel operator had commenced proceedings for delivery up and restitutionary damages. There was a serious issue to be tried as to who had the better right to possession,...

Summary Where the provisions of a break clause in a commercial lease made it clear that service of a notice terminating the lease was only valid if it was served on the property management company, service of such a notice on the landlord alone was not effective. Facts The claimant...

Summary The court ordered disclosure of parts of a confidential settlement agreement made between a claimant and some of the defendants that were relevant to the outstanding issues in the proceedings between the claimant and the remaining defendants. Facts The applicants (X) applied for specific disclosure of a settlement agreement....

Summary A claimant who wished to enforce a right of way granted to it by virtue of a clause in an agreement under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 s.106, was not entitled to a declaration as to the true construction of the clause. The grant of such a declaration...

Summary In order for a taxable person to be deprived of the right to deduct input tax it had to be shown that he knew or should have known that his transaction was connected with fraudulent evasion of VAT, and it was not sufficient to show that he knew or...